Creature by Poll #7 - Dragon Discussion!

[BOZ]

i meant to take more time to comment, but as requested i am here...

for one idea, check out Gaumahavi's astral dust form power here: http://65.127.163.19/showthread.php?t=66577&page=4

 

[Knight Otu]

i meant to take more time to comment, but as requested i am here...

It was an innocent question. You could just as well have said "Yes, but I'm cooking up a larger comment at the moment at the moment, so it might take some time." or "No, not currently.

for one idea, check out Gaumahavi's astral dust form power here: http://65.127.163.19/showthread.php?t=66577&page=4

Astral Dust Form (Su): Gaumahavi can use astral projection on herself only, as a standard action. She leaves behind a small portion of herself, consisting of a form of purple dust, on the Material plane. This form functions as the gaseous form spell, and allows her to see and hear anything that goes on around her. She can guide this form to any location on the Material plane at high speeds, using her winds. She can reenter the Material plane wherever her dust form exists.

It's not quite what we're looking for, but it could serve as a basis.

 

[BOZ]

that's what i would have suggested if i'd had more time to think about it.

 

[Knight Otu]

OK, here's a bit of stats and background that could work for our dragon. Tell me what you think!

 

[Conaill]

Looks like a good framework to start from. Here's a suggested version for "Astral Rift":

Astral Rift (Ex): Although the body of the XXX is located on the Astral plane, it's skin is stuck in between the Material and the Astral, making the XXX essentially a living rift to the Astral plane. (The Astral Rift is a physical part of its body, as much as dragonskin is part of a normal dragon's body.) Any object or creature entering the rift is sucked into the Astral plane. On the Astral plane, the XXX is incorporeal and semi-transparent, showing a faint outline of events on the other side of the rift. Creatures can pass back through the rift from the Astral by moving through the incorporeal body of the XXX. Because its body remains on the Astral plane, the XXX can move it's manifestation on the Material plane purely by thought without any regard to inertia or gravity, giving it a Speed of Fly 250' (Perfect) on the Material. On the Astral plane, its incorporeal body moves with the speeds indicated in the table.
Because of it's interplanar nature, gate and planar magic may have unexpected effects on the Astral rift manifestation of the XXX. For example, the emerald barrier created by Dimensional Lock acts as a Wall of Force on the XXX in the Material plane, whereas a Gate intersecting the Astral rift may do damage to the XXX.

 

[Conaill]

And a suggestion for "Astral Wind" (hmm... is that an existing term?)

Astral Wind (Ex): At YYY age, the XXX learns to control its Astral rift to create a powerful sucking wind (similar to a rift formed by placing a Bag of Holding inside a Portable Hole). An XXX of YYY age can create a Strong wind (see Table: WIND EFFECTS in the DMG) within a 25' radius, plus 5' for each age category above YYY. Creatures which are Knocked Down roll 5' towards the XXX. At age ZZZ, the wind increases to Severe within a 25' radius plus 5' per age category above ZZZ. Creatures which are Blown Away are immediately sucked into the rift. Because of the sucking action of the wind, the normal ranged attack penalties are inverted (i.e. +2 for Strong wind, +4 for Severe wind). On the Astral plane, the wind blows away from the XXX.

 

[Conaill]

Shed Skin (Ex): Although the XXX cannot close its Astral rift, it can occasionally shed its "skin", manifesting elsewhere on the Material plane in a new rift. The old Astral rift is left behind and forms a prized material component for gate magic, if it can somehow be captured and preserved (otherwise it decays naturally in 1d4 rounds). The XXX can shed it's skin once per week without harm. If it needs to shed it's skin more often than that, it takes 5d6 damage for each time it has already shed it's skin in the past week (i.e. 5d6 the 2nd time in a week, 10d6 the 3rd time, etc.) Shedding it's skin is a full round action.

Multiplanar Rift (Su): At age YYY, the XXX may switch its Astral rift from the Material to another plane.

 

[VirgilCaine]

This is going to be one kick-arse dragon. Congratulations all around.
I will definitely find this whenever it is finished and save it to my hard drive.

 

[Conaill]

Ok, so we've got a kick-arse dragon which is good at sucking stuff into the Astral... time for some more motivation perhaps?

Why does this thing do what it does?

What (and how!) does it eat?

And since it's a dragon,,, what does it hoard?

 

[VirgilCaine]

Why does this thing do what it does?

What (and how!) does it eat?

And since it's a dragon,,, what does it hoard?

Because it hungers to close the portal (it's skin) and become permanently on one plane or the other?

It consumes living material?

Magic?